LDAP/Directory Services Functionality

[David W Sica]

I finally got the proper server settings for our LDAP server. I set the
LDAP server up in Mac Address Book and it works like a charm looking up
names. Now, I've tried to set it up in Entourage. Maybe I don't understand
how it should work but I have a couple issues/questions:

1) When I go to Tools->Directory Services I can successfully look up
contacts by E-mail address (even partial addresses). However, when I try to
look up a contact by using "Searchfor name:" I always get a LDAP Server
Error back that says:

"Unable to display results because too many matches were found. To narrow
the search, enter more specific criteria."

I know for a fact that my query is specific enough because the same query in
Mac Address Book only returns 2 results. The same error comes back if I
type a partial name in the "To:" field of a new e-mail message and click
"Check Names". Am I doing something wrong here?

2) I had to execute the Applescript:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set requires authentication of LDAP server 1 to false
end tell

To tell LDAP not to use authentication. I've had to re-execute this script
several times to keep the LDAP lookups working. I'm not very knowledgeable
about Applescripts so I was wondering what I need to do to not have to
re-execute this script manually?

Thanks!
David Sica
[email protected]

 

[Dave Cortright]

To tell LDAP not to use authentication. I've had to re-execute this script
several times to keep the LDAP lookups working. I'm not very knowledgeable
about Applescripts so I was wondering what I need to do to not have to
re-execute this script manually?

Create a new schedule (Tools:Schedules) that executes at Startup and runs
the script.